EU. Elliot, author of a Sketch of the Botany 
of South Carolina ami Georgia. 
Eng. Bot. English Botany, 36 vols. By Sir 
J. E. Smith, the plates by Sowerby. The 
second edition of this work is arranged accord- 
ing to the Linnean system. 
Fisch. et Meyer. Fischer and Meyer, Russian 
botanists. 
Fl. Cab. Floral Cabinet, conducted by Messrs. 
Knowles and Westcott, 3 vols. 
Fl. Hist. Flora Historica, by Phillips, 2 vols. 
London. 
Forsk. Forskaol, a Danish botanist, author of 
several works on the Flora of Egypt, &c. 
Foug. Fougeroux de Bondaroy, a French 
botanist. 
Fuchs or Fuchsius. A German botanist, author 
of a Latin history of Plants, published at 
Basil in 1542. 
Gart. Giirtner. There are two botanical 
authors of this name, father and son. 
Gault. Dr. Gaulthicr, a French writer on 
maple sugar. 
G. Don. George Don, Esq., author of a Gene- 
ral System of Botany, &c. &c. 
Gill. Dr. Gillies, a traveller in South America. 
Glox. Gloxin, author of Observationes Bota- 
nicae, Strasburg. 
Gmel. Gmelin. There were several botanists 
of this name, one of whom wrote the Flora 
Sibirica. 
Graham. Dr. Graham of Edinburgh. 
Guss. Gussone, a Neapolitan writer on plants. 
AUTHORITIES AND BOOKS. 
Ker. H. Bellenden Ker, Esq., for some time 
Conductor of the Bot. Reg. 
Kunth. Author of the Flora Berolinensis, and 
other works. 
Knowl. et West. G. B. Knowles and F. 
Westcott, Esqrs., Conductors of the Floral 
Cabinet, 
Lag. La Gasca, Professor of Botany at Madrid 
in 1811 ; author of many works. 
La Llave et Lexarsa. Spanish botanists, who 
wrote on the plants of Mexico. 
Lam. Lamarck, a French botanist, one of the 
authors of the Rncyclopedie Methodique. 
Lapey. La Peyrouse, autlior of the History of 
the Plants of the Pyrenees, &c. &c. 
Ledeb. Ledebour, a Prussian botanist, author 
of Flora Altaica, &c. 
Lehm. Lehman, a German botanist, author of 
many works. 
Leyss. Leysser, a German botanist. 
L'Herit. L'Hcritier, a BVeuch botanist, author 
of many works. 
Lindl. Dr. Lindley, author of the Ladies' 
Botany, and many other Botanical works. 
Lin. Linnaeus. 
Lin. jun. The son of Linnseus. 
Lin. Syst. Linnean System. 
Link. Professor of Botany at Gottihgen. 
Link and Otto. Professor Link, and M. Otto, 
curator of the Berlin Bot. Gard., authors 
of several works. 
Lour. Loureiro, author of the Flora Cochin- 
chinensis, Lisbon, 1790. 
Ham. Dr. Buchanan, wlio afterwards took 
the name of Hamilton. A writer on Nepal 
plants. 
Hayne. A German botanical author. 
II. 'B. et Kunth. Humboldt, Bonpland, and 
Knnth, who wrote conjointly on the plants 
of South America, 
lloff. G. F. Hoffman, a German botanist. 
Hoffm. et Link. Hoffman and Link, authors 
of the Flore Portugaise. 
Hook. Sir W. J. Hooker, Professor of Botany 
at Glasgow, and Editor of the Bot. Mag. 
Hook et Arnott. Sit W. J. Hooker, and Dr. 
Amott, in a work on the Plants of South 
America. 
Horn. Horneman, a Danish botanist, one of 
the authors of the Flora Danica. 
Hort. Berol. Hortus Berolinensis, Catalogue 
of Plants in the Berlin Garden. 
Hort. Duro. Hortus Duroverni, a Cataloaue 
of the Plants, &c., in the Canterbury nursery. 
Hortus Kewensis. A work in 5 vols., contam- 
ing a Catalogue of the Plants cultivated m 
the Bot.anic Garden at Kew. 
Hort. Hortus, or Hortulanus, of gardens, or 
ef gardeners ; meaning a name common in 
gardens before it was recorded in any book. 
Houst. Houston, author of some papers in 
Phil. Trans. 
Jacq. The Baron Von Jacquin, of Vienna, 
author of many botanical wolks. 
Juss. Jussieu, the establisher of the Natural 
System of Botany. 
Mart. Mill. Professor Martyn's edition of 
Miller's Dictionary, published in 1787. 
Maund's Bot. Gard, The Botanic Garden, 
conducted by B. Maund, Esq., 8 vols, to the 
end of 1839. 
Michx. Michaux, father and son ; two French 
botanists, who wrote on the plants of North 
America. 
Mill. Philip Miller, author of Miller's Dic- 
tionary. 
Mill. Diet. The Gardener's Dictionary. 
Moc. et Scss. Mocino and Sesse, two Spanish 
botanists, who published the Flora Mexicana. 
Mojnch. A German botanist, author of many 
works. 
Moris. Morison, an old English botanical 
author in the 1 7th century. 
Murr. J. A. Murray, Esq., an English botanist, 
who published a work on the Linnean 
System, &8. 
N. Burm. Nicol Burmann, a Dutch botanist, 
author of several works. 
Neck. Necker, author of Elementa Botanica, 
&c. 
Nees von Essenbach. Author of Horse PhysicK 
Berolinensis, &c. Bonn, 1820. 
Nutt. Nuttall, an American botanist, author 
of several works. 
Ortega. A Spanish botanist, author of the 
Continuation of the Flora Espanola. 
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Pcspp. Poeppig, author of Travels in South 
America. 
Pohl. Author of Plantarum Braailew, &c., 
published .at Vienna. 
Poir. Poiret, a French botanist, one of tlie 
authors of the Encyc. Methodique. 
Pursh. The aullior of a Flora of North 
America. 
Rffiusch. Iteuschel, author of an enumeration 
of plants, &c., published at Lcipsig. 
Raf. Rafincsque, an American ; author of the 
Medical Flora of the United States, &e. 
R. Br. Dr. Robert Brown, author of many 
works. 
Reich. Rcichard, author of several botanical 
works published at Frankfort. 
Retz or Retzius. A German botanical author. 
Rich. Richard, father and son, French botanists, 
authors of many works. 
Riv. Rivinus, a German author of several 
works. 
Roem. et Schultes. Roemer a Swiss, and 
Schultes a German, who wrote conjointly 
Systema Vegetabilum, 7 vols., &c. 
Roth. A German botanical author. 
Roxb. Dr. Roxburgh, author of Hortus 
Bengalensis, &c. 
Ruiz et Pavon. Two Spanish botanists, who 
wrote the Flora Peruviana, &e. 
Sal. R. A. Salisbury, Esq., author of several 
botanical works. 
Schlecht. Professor Schleehtendal of Berlin, 
conductor of the Linnea, and author of many 
botanical works. 
Schmidt. Author of Flora Bohemica, &e. 
Schott. A German botanist residing at Lcipsig. 
Scliou. Schousboa, a Swedish botanist, who 
wrote on the plants of Morocco. 
Schrad. Schrader, a Hanoverian botanist, author 
of several works. 
Scop. Scopoli, author of the Flora Camiolica, 
&c. &c. 
Shaw. Author of Travels in Barbary and the 
Levant, Sec. 
Sib. et Fis. Dr. Sibthorp, a celebrated bota- 
I nical traveller, and one of the authors of the 
Flora Grffica ; and Dr. Fischer, Director of 
the Imperial Botanic Garden at St. Peters- 
burgh. 
Sib. et Smith Fl. Grtec. Dr. Sibthorp and Sir 
James Edward Smith in the Flora Graca. 
Sims. Dr. Sims, for many years editor of the 
Bot. Mag. 
Smith. Sir James Edward Smith, author of 
many botanical works. 
Spach. A German boUinist residing in Palis, 
celebrated for making many new species and 
genera. 
Spreng. Sprengel, a German botanist, author 
of many botanical works. 
Stev. Steven, author of several works on the 
plants of Russia. 
Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. The British Flower 
Garden, by Robert Sweet, 7 vols. 
Swt. Robert Sweet, author of the British 
Flower Garden, and several botanical works. 
Pers. Persoon, author of a work on Fungi, &c. 
Pliny. The ancient Roman naturalist. 
Tausch. Author of several botanical work-, 
published at Fragile. 
